Sentences with phrase «on the lead lap»

«I think we've got to set ourselves up for the last 250 laps of the race and you've got to stay on the lead lap the first half of the race.

In the race his car was way down on power but the handling made up for it, and he finished on the lead lap in ninth place having run as high as third at one point.

He was also the only other driver on the lead lap alongside the top two, which just proves the dominance of Mercedes and Ferrari.

With seven cars on the lead lap the leading Audi and second - placed Mercedes were tight on fuel, with the pair of Porsches behind them good to go to the end and gaining quickly.

He closed the gap right down again in the closing laps, finishing just a second behind Jones, whilst third - placed Clay Regazzoni (in the other Williams) was well over a minute behind, as well as being the only other car on the lead lap.

Patrick took exception with the fact Kahne was a lap down while she was on the lead lap.

Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen and Ron Fellows completed 344 laps in their No. 63 Compuware Corvette C6.R, finishing on the lead lap with the winning No. 009 Aston Martin DBR9 of David Brabham, Antonio Garcia, and Darren Turner.

Jordan Taylor drove an impressive two hour - plus stint in the second six hours to keep the No. 63 Corvette on the lead lap as...

Milner, Vilander and Jorg Bergmeister were the only GTE Pro cars on the lead lap, each representing a different manufacturer.

Westbrook led a group of six cars on the lead lap that included Jordan Taylor in the No.

We lost a chance early to get us back on the lead lap, but Chuck (Houghton, engineer) and the rest of our team were on the ball to get us back up to third, and I was able to drive to the front.

«Everyone was just keeping themselves in the game, staying on the lead lap, and then all of a sudden the rain hit and the race was red flagged.

«We ended up being passed by the lead BMW and going a lap down and from then on we were always playing catch up, trying to find ways to get back on the lead lap.

Jordan Taylor drove an impressive two hour - plus stint in the second six hours to keep the No. 63 Corvette on the lead lap as it chased a ninth class victory at the French classic.

With only two yellows and all that traffic, there was no point in risking any damage to keep it on the lead lap.

«We're on the lead lap so I think we're in good shape.

Seven cars were on the lead lap, with the top six separated by less than nine seconds.

If you aren't prepared to run on the lead lap for every lap, you aren't prepared to win.

Jan Magnussen and Johnny O'Connell piloted the No. 3 Compuware Corvette to fourth, 8.405 seconds behind their teammates as the top nine GT cars finished on the lead lap.

I believe that's a good thing for us as we don't have to charge along in first few hours and take any unnecessary risks; we just have to stay on the lead lap.

The No. 03 Corvette maintained its pace with the frontrunners on the lead lap, while savvy pit stop strategy and speed brought the No. 04 Corvette to within a lap of the leaders.

After 10 hours of racing, Beretta had the No. 03 Corvette in second, and Gavin was back on the lead lap in the No. 04 Corvette when the class leader pitted.

The No. 90 suffered a series of small technical issues through the race but was, until two hours to the finish, on the lead lap and within touching distance of a podium placing.

Three cars from three manufacturers were on the lead lap at the halfway point.

«I had my head in my hands after that, but the team saved me, and we managed to get ourselves back on the lead lap.»

The No 03 Corvette C6.R with Olivier Beretta, Tommy Milner and Antonio Garcia earned the podium and was the only non-BMW to finish on the lead lap.

The Corvette was on the lead lap, 3:46 behind the class - leading No. 007 Aston Martin.

The Corvette was on the lead lap with the No. 007 and No. 009 Aston Martin DBR9s after 82 circuits.

It looked grim, but then we got back on the lead lap when the other car had to stop.

Westbrook led a group of six cars on the lead lap that included Jordan Taylor in the No. 73 Corvette C7.R that was less than 90 seconds off the sister car's pace.

At Laguna you can usually expect a lot of yellows specifically because it isn't easy to get out of the gravel traps under your own power, so with a lot of restarts in mind it's going to be all about staying on the lead lap.

His Corvette team mates, Jan Magnussen and Johnny O'Connell, took the sister C6.R to fourth place as no fewer than nine GT cars finished on the lead lap.

We know we need to keep running and stay on the lead lap.

«To this day I'm still not sure what the function of a carburettor is, but as play - by - play my role would be to know the drivers, car makes and models, and focusing on the events on the track and pits with the obvious importance of knowing at all times which cars were leading and on the lead lap.»

Not exact matches

Some people will say, «Well, I almost won here, we led a few laps there, I qualified on the pole there...» I'd rather take a kid who wins every single weekend at his local track than someone who always runs 15th in a higher series.

The United States took home the gold medal at the men's 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay in Rio on Sunday night, led by Michael Phelps's big second lap.

We had some really good battles with Ryan Hunter - Reay and Hélio Castroneves, made some pretty clean green - flag pit stops, built on our lead to the point of putting some cars a lap or two down.

Dario Franchitti shot to the lead on the next - to - last lap to win his third 500 and enter the pantheon of IndyCar legends

The Team Penske driver, who started on the pole and led 82 of the first 84 laps, was first penalized for speeding on pit road and later had the tire failure.

Harvick led a led a race - high 131 laps and was second to Johnson on an overtime restart, but spun his tires and was unable to get going, allowing Johnson to pull ahead on the white flag lap.

He made he way back up to second a few laps later, but before he could mount a challenge on Prost's lead, yep, you guessed it, the car failed.

Harvick led 214 of a possible 267 laps on Sunday at Las Vegas.

The unraveling begin as Kenseth, who led 47 of the first 115 circuits, pitted on Lap 116 and the No. 20 team's gasman refueled the car while placing a tool on the deck lid.

Stefano Comini just held on to take the win from a charging Roberto Colciago, who had come up from ninth on the grid but just ran out of laps to make a move for the lead stick.

Jones started on the pole and led a race - high 260 laps, but Kyle Busch was able to pass Jones for the lead with 56 laps remaining when the 21 - year - old rookie bobbled as he maneuvered through slower traffic.

Indeed, Montoya had the fastest car all weekend at New Hampshire, setting the pace in every practice session, winning the pole with a track - record time on Friday and leading a race - high 105 laps on Sunday.

Wyllie moved up through the field to take second place on the fifth lap, snatched the lead briefly from Kimberly on the 12th, and then faded a trifle as the Osca asserted its superior speed.

Leading when a caution waved 41 laps from the finish, Jeff Gordon threw away a potential victory when he incurred a penalty for speeding on pit road.

After leading the opening 21 laps, it appeared Kevin Harvick was well on his way to winning his second consecutive Martinsville spring race.

There were 17 rookies, including future IRL and NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart, who started on pole and led twice for 44 laps, plus a group of veterans who had raced in CART and Formula One.